Number of Stock the Shelves contributions up from 2011

Joint effort to collect money for local food pantries raises nearly $13,600 in first month

2:43 AM,
Nov. 17, 2012

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Daily Tribune Staff

In its first month, the third annual Stock the Shelves campaign has raised nearly $13,600 for food pantries in south Wood and Adams counties.

Stock the Shelves, a joint partnership between the Daily Tribune and Incourage Community Foundation, had raised $13,595 - the result of 262 contributions - as of Friday afternoon, according to the foundation. Although the amount raised is slightly less than the $14,425 raised during the same period last year, the number of contributions has increased from 212.

The cash donations will benefit both the South Wood Emergency Pantry Shelf and the Adams ...